you have more of these comforts of the world to lose but i also think you know it's interesting tom morello there talking about people have things to lose a big part of the reason we have a reform things is that people aren't willing to shape people on the left and the rose pretty guilty of this he claims he's an ideal b.w. member but he went out and he played a big concert for jimmy hoffa when hoffa was running against a reform candidate for president the teamsters i mean this is jimmy hoffa who's been under god knows how many federal investigations and tom morello the ultimate radical of propping up this ultimate insider so i think we do want to really change the left we really got to get folks into organized labor and i think we could be really powerful as a lot of folks from occupy organizing their workplaces getting involved in unions and shaking them up because we have the most corrupt inadequate overpaid labor system in the western world and i think today's protests where you know the president. doesn't even mention made a protest in front of a crowd of two thousand construction work

why more people don't take part and don't join up i want to play a clip that we have today from tom morello who was obviously there had a guitar me march. down the street thriving on their guitars but he had something interesting to say in terms of juxtaposing the situation here right now in the u.s. with tunisia egypt greece everywhere else take a look. the occupy movement is very unique in that it does identify classwork he's more people from getting involved is because because there's a high price if you risk privilege and that's something that we all have here you know like it doesn't come free like if you come out today for the general strike or if you're arrested on the brooklyn bridge those are theory if you live your life in accordance with your beliefs sometimes there's a very high price to be paid to me yeah and so that i think that that's that's certainly one of the reasons why whether the differences between say what occurred in egypt and occurred in libya and occurred to me and what's occurring in greece and spain was happening here is that we have more to say at the end of the

the lead guitarist of rage against the machine, tom morello, is my guest. he's become part of the long tradition of troubadours with a message. dubbing himself "the nightwatchman," in 2007 he released his first solo album. "rolling stone" magazine chose his recent album "world wide rebel songs" as one of the best of 2011 and named him one of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time. >> from cairo, to here, everybody has to stand up in their place where they live. >> last year, he was in madison, wisconsin, braving bitter winter weather to sing on the steps of the state capitol in support of public service workers. ♪ this land is your land >> he defended their collective bargaining rights against republican governor scott walker. ♪ as i was walking that ribbon of highway ♪ >> tom morello has performed "this land is your land" and his own songs at occupy wall street protests from california to the new york island. ♪ for you and me let's march and sing! ♪ this land is your land this land is my land ♪ >> he was here in new york at the may day demonstrations, an

and we got music from tom morello featuring ben harper tonight. [ cheers and applause ] it's going torowd. going to be a fun show. hey guys, i've noticed a trend on facebook where people post an image of an inspiring quote on their wall for everyone to see. quotes usually by someone famous like actor or politician or historical figure. i love reading them but sometimes i'll read one and think, like, did they really say that? it can be hard to tell because no one checked these quotes to see if they're real or not. so i'm going to show you guys what i'm talking about in a new segment called, "don't quote me." here we go. ♪ ♪ don't quote me 'cause i'm♪ >> jimmy: this first quote is from one of the wisest film characters ever created, yoda. [ laughter ] he says, "size matters not. look at me. judge me by my size, do you? hmm? hmm? and well you should not." [ laughter ] it's a pretty famous yoda quote. >> steve: super famous. >> jimmy: you know that's real. but here's another one from yoda. "just so we're clear, big down there, i am." [ laughter ] i don't think he said that. >> steve: you

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tom morello came to fame 20 years ago as the lead guitarist in rage against the machine. some of you will know rage as one of the most successful and political rock bands of the '90s. and one of the most controversial. when the group disbanded, tom morello became a one-man revolution, a troubadour singing songs of protest across the land from the steps of the wisconsin state capitol -- ♪ this land is your land >> to occupy wall street. >> let's march and sing! >> wherever you look, he'll be there. >> my job is to steel the backbone of people on the frontlines of social justice struggles and to put wind in sails of those struggles and people who are fighting on a daily basis, at a grass roots level. >> that's next week's broadcast. on our website, billmoyers.com, you'll see a new feature called "what we're reading" -- news stories and analysis from the internet. and take a look at our campaign ad watch page. there's information, tools and links to help you in the fight to make campaign ads honest and the dark money behind them transparent. and remember, you're always welco

to that rock star libertyville native tom morello treated this. are they so frayed of the night watch man? >> they claim that having an artest and a couple thousand nurses do this demonstration exceeds the permit. that they don't have the ability to provide accurate security for it. >> reporter: tonight all the big hitters took questions from the public one last time. the secret service, the fbi and the chicago police were all present. the prairie district is naturally of great interest. >> if you live in that area, you'll drive to your house. there's several businesses. you may have to park and walk up to. but everybody from the hospital down there to mcdonald's open for business. >> reporter: but when it came to this protest a permit now not denied but modified, no one wanted to touch it. according to chicago's top cop, the change in the route is about more than just crowd control. >> there's a whole bunch of issues that surround it. it has to do with transportation and 100 other things. as i said, that's happening on a different level. >> repor

all walks of life all ages i mean little little little kids old old old and i think that is mr tom morello president seen on stage right now about coming out as rock and roll guitar so there's got all walks of life here and it's really let me tell you that incredibly positive job very welcoming very and i have a lot of work and counted a couple cops like there might be having a bad day but i got my fingers crossed that things are going to leave today but we can only hope yeah and you know it is beautiful to see people across all walks of life standing together for a common cause and that's what's really amazing about this movement it's amazing that we're reemerging may day and really standing behind it to get together unfortunately andrew there has been some violence in oakland. you know it and of course is how to had past violence with the with the cops standing off with the protesters and there was tear gas fired earlier today multiple arrests. and hopefully we can hope that in new york things will stay peaceful and that the n.y.p.d. won't make disagree just arrests that we've been seen

and hours and hours in these you know four detainees but anyway the artist did not like it here's tom morello speaking about it while back. when we learned that the united states government was using rage against machines music to torture people guantanamo bay we sued the state department to get the stuff and we were unsuccessful in that suit my only hope is that they hopefully at some point not the too distant future when the war criminals of the bush administration are brought to trial or one day wearing their yellow jumpsuits and black hoods that will be the music of rage against the machine that is pumping their cells twenty four hours a day. so they're all over the leaves and tories actually keep going i think you just have been going to apply to bush not terrorist if you're going to make now with. yeah you know it or not you're the night watchman or whatever crap you didn't write when i looked at one of the story or shall we start out you know it turns out and this is that there is a documentary that just aired on al-jazeera this week turns out the sesame street song. also was used in t

. [♪] [♪] >> worldwide rebel songs by tom morello. this is democracy now!mocracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. as we return to the stage outside of the nato summit in chicago where scores of veterans gathered to protest nato's wars. >> we will begin our ceremony with a folding of the flag. this american flag flew over nato military operations in bosnia, cosimo, afghanistan, iraq, and libya. this flag represents 50% as of nato's founding and is responsible for intimidation, beginning with the escalation of the cold war. this flag represents the ongoing suffering and pain caused by nato wars and occupations carried out by u.s. and nato forces against oppressed people of the world. this flag flew over afghanistan standing as a constant reminder to the afghan people and they were being occupied by a foreign imperial power. this flag flew over libya and came by the way of drones, bombs, bullets, and grenades. this flag is tripped over the coffins of thousands of americans killed in combat and thousands more who have committed suicide after r